Overview
- Cricket South Africa named a 15-man squad for next month’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka without Ottniel Baartman.
- The pace unit features Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, Anrich Nortje, Corbin Bosch and teenage left-armer Kwena Maphaka.
- Dale Steyn wrote on X that Baartman should be viewed as one of South Africa’s best white-ball bowlers, noting his SA20 record and his own coaching link to the player.
- Baartman leads the SA20 wicket charts and recently took 2 for 8 in 2.4 overs for Paarl Royals against MI Cape Town at Newlands.
- Paarl Royals captain David Miller sympathised with Baartman and praised his professionalism, as the seamer has played only 11 of South Africa’s 29 T20Is since the 2024 World Cup.